Habeeb v. Daas

This is a novel action. But that of itself is no reason for turning the plaintiff out of court and denying him relief. Kujek v. Goldman, 150 N. Y. 176. The plaintiff seeks and has recovered a verdict giving him damages caused by his arrest and prosecution upon a criminal charge. He contends that the defendant is responsible in law for these damages. The facts as the jury must have found them to be are as follows: The plaintiff and defendant had been friends for years when the defendant sent certain goods to the plaintiff’s place of business, which the defendant asked the plaintiff to keep for…